Visual Effects not working.

[dburdan]

I am trying to use a push visual effect to transition between cards but it only works once. If I hit the button more than once it only uses the effect the first time. Here is my code:

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on About
   lock screen
   visual effect push up
   go to stack "About"
   unlock screen
end About

on BackToMenu
   lock screen
   visual effect push down
   go to card "MainScreen" of stack "Card Shark"
   unlock screen
end BackToMenu

[Dixie]

Hi....

I think that the problem here is that the visual effects are for transition between cards, not stacks. There is a way around this. I created two stacks of the same size... 'About' and 'Shark'...

In button on a card in stack 'shark', I placed :-

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on mouseUp
   visual effect dissolve
   go stack "about" in the window of stack "shark"
end mouseUp

and in a button on a card in stack 'About' :-

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on mouseUp
   visual effect dissolve
   go stack "shark" in the window of stack "about"
end mouseUp

I just switched the stack names around...

be well

Dixie

[Klaus]

Hi DAn,

yes, Dixie is right, "visaual effect" will only work in one window!
AND please leave out the "lock/unlock screen" lines or you will NOT see any effect


Best

Klaus

[dburdan]

Ok thanks guys!

[banjobill]

Hi

I thought I'd mention that if you do need to use 'lock screen' then you can 'unlock' the screen with a visual effect e.g.

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on mouseUp
lock screen
//do stuff
unlock screen with visual effect dissolve
end mouseUp

Regards

Bill

[Jellicle]

I'm getting script errors when i try use visual effects. The scripts refuse to compile with the error "compilation error at line 2 (Expression: unquoted literal), char 10"

What gives?

[Klaus]

Hi Jellicle,

I'm getting script errors when i try use visual effects. The scripts refuse to compile with the error "compilation error at line 2 (Expression: unquoted literal), char 10"
What gives?

well, we can't tell until we see your script!


Best

Klaus

[Jellicle]

Hahaha I guess not. Fixed it anyway - apparently you need to put quotes around the actual effect name. The documentation doesn't mention that...

[Klaus]

You shouldn't need quotes around the names of visusl effects!
Please post your code, if possible!


Best

Klaus